Life in America

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Identity and Everyday Experience

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<i>Life in America: Identity and Everyday Experience</i> is a fascinating collection of readings that explores how people negotiate identity in the United States today. <ul> <li>Brings together readings that provide a thoroughly engaging and fascinating look at central issues of identity and what it means to be American.</li> <li>Explores the tension between identity and identification to help readers begin to understand how people creatively confront the perks and perils of identity in the United States.</li> <li>Offers a look at a wide range of subjects including: violence and video games, queer pilgrimages to San Francisco, Filipina critiques of “sleeping around,” and the significance of “lowriders” in Hispano/Chicano culture.</li> </ul>